Friends & Family Rebecca

welcome to the world

September 14, 2010 – 2:10 pm

we had a baby! rebecca was born last week, a whopping 6lb and a half ounce. unfortunately eventhough she was small, labour progressed too slowly and so she was born by c-section. overjoyed grandparents: shortly after birth, rebecca had her first big poop of meconium, and daddy experienced his first diaper. i think the expressions read more »

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getting ready

September 5, 2010 – 12:55 am

time is ticking along quite swiftly, counting down to baby’s due date. we are setting up the nursery, thanks to a crib from grandmommy L, as well as a number of useful items we’ve inherited from generous friends. the bookshelf is filling up with baby items, gifts from friends and family, as well as toys read more »

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Friends & Family Good eats

potluck get-together

September 1, 2010 – 11:09 pm

we had a potluck at jane and rich’s home with a number of my old friends. everybody cooked yummy food! daphne even brought me a special strawberry shortcake cupcake from NYC because i couldn’t eat the sushi she ordered. very sweet (daphne and the cupcake)!

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baby shower II

August 24, 2010 – 1:30 am

i had a baby shower already with my friends before leaving chicago, and this weekend i was lucky enough to enjoy a second one! helen organized it with the help of louisa and angie (games-masters). we had beautiful and delicious food: games: wacky photos: cake (caketoppers which i saved from my chicago baby shower!): thank read more »

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Good eats

chinese stomachs

August 19, 2010 – 6:24 pm

we have been replenishing our chinese stomachs with food from both spectrums of fanciness. a couple of examples include: a wonderful discovery my mom and i made at the yaohan food court. xi an style lamb noodle and buns stuffed with pork. it was so yummy, all for $13. joe’s parents took my family out read more »

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burgoo bday

August 14, 2010 – 6:48 pm

we went out for a date on joe’s birthday a few days ago and had dinner at ‘burgoo’. warm stewy comfort food. i liked the colours of this crab bisque. happy birthday hubbie!

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Art

diy lampshade

August 5, 2010 – 6:56 pm

we were in need of some lighting, so i recycled one of my mom’s old lamps which i remember using as a kid growing up. the old lampshade actually still had the tacky plastic wrapping on it after 25 years, haha! i found some pretty rice paper from paper-ya and ribbon which i glued onto read more »

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catching up

August 1, 2010 – 9:27 pm

the last few weeks have been busy with catching up with vancouver friends. first, visiting janet, chris and baby madeleine, along with gina who was in town from california: hanging out with the wongs and the chens on a sunday afternoon. tayden and matia, all grown up! spending a morning with louisa and ichiro at read more »

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four years

July 31, 2010 – 6:41 pm

we celebrated our fourth wedding anniversary a couple of days ago with a home-cooked meal (courtesy joe), complete with our non-alcoholic drinks and a rose picked from the garden. it’s hard to believe how quickly time has passed. we are thankful for how God leads and protects, and for the big and small blessings we read more »

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Friends & Family Good eats

fish n’ chips

July 27, 2010 – 5:48 pm

joe’s brother derek and family were visiting for the week from california. one beautiful day we went to granville island and had lunch at “go fish”, the outdoor fish n’ chips shack. i’ve actually been craving it for awhile now. the line up was long, but it was worth it!

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